Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: kendall
Date: 09 Oct 09 - 07:59 PM

Like KT I had too many high spots to name but I do need to say how impressed I was with Richard and Hillary. As most of you know, one of my all time favorite singers was Paul Robeson, and Richard reminds me of his singing.
Richard, come out from under that bushel and sing! What you have is too good to not share! Don't make me come over there!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Fortunato
Date: 09 Oct 09 - 08:12 PM

Kendall and Susette and I had a good little picking session all by ourselves.

I enjoyed a jam with Steve Cormier and Ed Norman and Chris on Friday night.

Susette and I had a good chat with Eric Cole.

I loved Hilary's song at he concert on Sat night.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: ClaireBear
Date: 09 Oct 09 - 08:45 PM

This floozie-come-lately might like to try belting one out, too. (I'm full of surprises; even used to front a gospel choir.)

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Janie
Date: 09 Oct 09 - 08:58 PM

And Clairebear, you have the voice to do it! Such a wonderful, big voice in such a small package!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Oct 09 - 10:10 PM

Of course, we ain't heard from old Bob yet. But it might be fun to work up a blues act for the concert next year with A, Bob, me (and whoever) backing up some bluesy floozies.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: KT
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 12:07 AM

Alright, alright! I'll start eating gravel now so I'm ready for next year. Let me know what you find Tink, and Amos.

Leej, I gotta say that you are one amazing harp player!! WOW!! It's almost enough to get me to sign on .......

Clairebear - "floozie-come-lately"   Too funny!

Thinking about highlights, and yes there were tons of them, I'm realizing that many of them were not huge events, but very small moments, which stand out in my mind as such treasures. I couldn't begin to list them all, because truly, there were so many, but just one example - for instance -Did anyone else notice how absolutely radiant Rita was when she was singing Santa Lucia?

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: kendall
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 09:27 AM

I've never heard it sung better.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 02:43 PM

I am lazing away a Saturday afternoon with photos and videos of the Getaway.
Have to admit I was befuddled at the picture of Gordon Bok singing the old torch song "Stormy Weather". LOL

And video of Santa Lucia? I am sorry I missed that and a hundred other moments.

Thank you to all who provided the videos and photos. Almost as good as being there.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: jacqui.c
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 03:07 PM

Different Stormy Weather dear - this is the one.

STORMY WEATHER, BOYS

We were laying in Surrey Dock one day.
The mate knew that it was time to get under way.

cho: Stormy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys,
When the wind blows our barge will go.

He's homeward bound but he's out of luck
'Cause the skipper's half drunk in the Dog and Duck

Then the skipper came aboard with the girl on his arm
He's going to give up barging and take a farm.

So the mate ran forrard and the cook fell in the dock
And the skipper caught his knackers in the mainsheet block

The mate's at the wheel and he gybed her twice
'Cause the skipper's got his knackers in a bowl of ice

At last we're off down Limehouse Reach,
When our leeboards knocked on Greenwich Beach

The barge went ashore and scared our whore.
She said:"Chuck this, I'm off ashore."

We shoved her off and away we go,
But the skipper's got a barrel of beer below.

She fills away and she sails like heck
But there ain't no bargemen up on deck.

There's a crash and a bump and she's ashore
The mate says: "Christ, we're on the Nore."

Then up comes a mermaid covered in mud
The skipper says: "I think we're on the Whittaker Spit"

Then up comes another one covered in slime
So we took her down the focsle and had a time.

On the top of the tide the barge did fleet,
When the mate sees a ghost on the tops'l sheet

So away we go and the ghost did steer,
And the cook drank the dregs of the old man's beer.

We laid close-hauled round Orford Ness,
When the wind backed round to the south sou'west

We reached our port all safe and sound
And tied her up in Yarmouth Town.

So after all our fears and alarms
We all ended up in the Druid's Arms.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 04:03 PM

Well that barger's ballad ain't exactly a torch song, but it seemed like what it should be called, from the chorus, ya know. No guarantees!!.

FSGW 2009 Clip # 12:Lucy, David, Ron--"Thinking 'Bout Old Virginia" -- Peace Cabin Jam   

I love Lucy's sweet mountain voice and David's harp weaves more beauty around it, as does Ron's fine fiddle in this fine song.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 04:13 PM

FSGW 2009 Clip # 13: Hils (My Guru Always Said) singing "The Battlefield Tree" in her inimitably beautiful voice.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 04:30 PM

FSGW 2009 Clip # 14: Hils (My Guru Always Said) singing "The Wine Song" (aka "I Like It 'Cuz It Makes Me Drunk") in the Nature Cabin, October 2009

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 04:44 PM

FSGW 2009 Clip # 15: A View of the Premises gives you an idea of the idyllic area if you haven't been there. The large white building at the end of the clip is the new dining hall.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST, snadrolin
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 05:11 PM

Smiles and hell yas --from long time listener--first time poster Sandrolin{Phantom Peace house mama aka midnight coffee/chips/--got dat?

As mentioned to a few ... Gene and I are majorly house altering so to
accommodate traveling luvs next year needing shelter pre & post getaway. Our ..um.. creative (?) backyard will host part of the pre night entertainment---


Spoons en all
Sandrolin
loved it all --even with a 4x4 --stereophinic snoring cell-- 3 sweaty men and a dog.. eyup the dog snored too!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST,Ebbie, at the Library
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 05:53 PM

oh dear.

Anyway, KT is a FINE hostess.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 06:45 PM

KT,

Ain't 'bout eatin' gravel... Ya' gotta take off a few years an' live unner a bridge somewhere... 'Er you could just eat a few more calories each day and fill out to the required (or preferred) figure... Not that skinny floozies can't shake it but it just ain't quite the same... No offense...

Yeah, the BBluesBand & the Floozies will do alot better next year... I think it's amatter of scheduling more than anything... I think if we were get a favorable schedule on Saturday afternoon where we weren't going up against the most recent folk god to move to that coffee house in the sky then maybe we'd get somethin' real tight and be able to do the Saturday night concert up proud...

B~

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Janie
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 06:54 PM

Welcome snadrolin! The wonderful energy you and Gene add is just as wonderful as the coffee and goodies you haul in for us all. It's wonderful to see you have joined the Catbox.

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 07:20 PM

Bobert:

Obviously you missed out on young Janis Joplin.



A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Leadfingers
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 07:23 PM

Bobert - All things being equal I will be dragging the Blues session down to MY level next year with a bit of whistle ,and maybe a bit of Mandolin as well .

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST,Sandrolin
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 08:07 PM

tip o the hat to you too Jane your help was very much preciated..:-)

next year plans are in the works...(provided Amos completes the secret formula for cloning) for a group sneak out mid day Saturday (preferably not during B's Flamming Floozy Fandango ) to nearby Petey Greens for those Maryland crabs---
hammers, newspaper on the table, bibs and scarey sucking noises is an experience no to be missed..

sandrolin

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 08:38 PM

LOL, Amos...

Yeah, I knew all about Janis Joplin... I had a contract to have her play at "The Center for the Performing Arts" (better known as just "The Center") in Richmond back in '68 for our opening... Then her agent called a week before the performance to tell us that she was sick and offered Doctor John, the Night Tripper... What was I to do??? So I hired Doctor John... What a pain in the ass he was...

So, I guess it's KT back to her gravel diet... lol...

As fir the crab pickin'??? Hey, if that can't get ya' in the mood fir shake, shake, shakin' then nuthin' can... I'm always up fir a crab pickin'... Might of fact, I think that the Getaway powers-at-be oughtta consider doin' a crab pickin' right there in the mess hall on Saturday afternoon... Plenty of newspaper, hammer and paper towels... Little slaw... Some beer... Jeeze Loise... If it get any better than that I wouldn't have a clue how... Yazzir... 'Er mam...

B~

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 08:49 PM

Great idea Bobert ..B-U-T- owwwwwwwwwwwww!

obviously;you've never been first in line :-) ...apparently folks are instructed to bow and pray ... We're in a Methodist camp ...remember ??... after-all they 86ed Phil's dog from

If you think they're going to allow a beer fest..Egadz!... gimme some of that your smoking..

Sandra

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 08:54 PM

Oh yeah...

Bring lots of plastic Pepsi cups to hide yer beer in...

Lost me head there for a minute...

Hey, do Methodists drenk, 'er what??? Well, sure they do... You can always tell them from the other folks by the plastic Pepsi cups... lol...

B~

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST,Sandrolin
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 09:15 PM

Back to reality Bobert..

here's the deal--for the past two years we've send out this guy Tom to make the reservations for later in the day...Saturday.... Too much distracting fun and it takes longer than the hour ---

a few folks have already signed on for next year..Ernie ,Suzette,Chance, Severn,Tom .. maybe Amos (?),myself, and Gene---Bobert? Anyone else in?..in all liklihood the place could hold 25-30 people with the full crab spread..

Sandrolin

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Bobert
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 09:48 PM

Hey, I got maybe even a btter idea... My poor ol' brother owns a beat up private marina (with dock, deck and tables) less than 10 minutes from the Getaway... Maybe we could pick up a bushel of crabs and do a crab pickin' there and have the joint to ourselves...

Just an idea... My brother wouldn't mind at all as long as we don't trash the boat-shaped-object (lol) that he owns and keeps there as his club house...

B~

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 10 Oct 09 - 10:21 PM

OK!! So, we turn Boberts Bllues Jam into Floozies Dance with Ernie, while Bobert starts his Grand Annual Crab Crunch.... wodda deal!!!!


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 12:30 AM

I know what I am doing tomorrow while Mudcat is down. Thanks to AMOS, I will go to the Getaway Redux on youtube! Thanks, Amos!

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 08:40 AM

Hey, I wouldn't mind a little redo myself... I think if I'd gotten Amos and EJ on board we coulda convinced KT, gravel voice or not to join the band Saturday night...

And I woulda divided up my time between the Peace Cabin with the other cabin that folks was jammin' at...

As fir the crab pickin??? I'm not goin' to be Bobert's Crab Shack 'er nuthin'... I'm just offering the marina to folks as an alternative to sittin' in someone elses crab shack...

B~

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Severn
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 09:07 AM

I have some somewhat crude sound recordings from a hand-held recorder of parts of Getaway and most of the preGetaway sing at Chance & Susette's. I'm still re-listening to them to see what I actually DO have as yet and catalog it and determine its merits, so more on this at a later date. I had just bought it to practice with and just let it roll, so what's there is what's there.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 01:49 PM

FSGW Getaway Clip #16 --Irish Workshop -- "Mist-Covered Mountains of Mourne"

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 02:01 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip#17--Sandy and Elizabeth La Prelle sing "The Rangers"

A vivid ballad of a bloody battle between Rangers and Indian warriors, beautifully sung by Elizabeth and Sandy La Prelle in the Peace Cabin, October 2009

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 02:23 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip #18---- Roger from Baltimore and LEJ -- "Hard Eggs in the Morning Blues"

Roger makes awful food puns and Lonesome wails on the blues harp most fine.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 02:56 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009--Sunday Concert--Hils (MGAS) sings "Where Ravens Feed".

One of the pinnacle performances of the 2009 Getaway.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 03:01 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009--Sunday Concert--Hils (MGAS) sings "Where Ravens Feed" should have been numbered Clip#19.


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Charley Noble
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 05:59 PM

Amos-

Thanks so much for posting the links to your videos. They are a great help for those of us who couldn't make it this year.

Was there a sea music session this year?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: GUEST,KT logged out
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 06:02 PM

Amos! Great job capturing those precious moments!! They're wonderful!

KT

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: skarpi
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 06:51 PM

Amos thank you for this , it warms my heart and soul to see
all this people singin....


all the best Skarpi

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 09 - 10:44 PM

Charley:

There was but I didn't catch much of it. Sorry.


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Ron Davies
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 09:11 AM

Amos, you've performed a real public service--even for those of us who actually were there for these songs.   It brings it all back--and it was glorious.

One of us, however will have to learn to operate a videocam so your own musicianship can be recognized more----it's a shame we don't have more of your songs.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: jacqui.c
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 09:23 AM

There were a couple of other people with camcorders, so maybe we will see more of Amos's work in time.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 11:26 AM

Thanks for all the kind remarks. There are another dozen to go when I can get the time to do the uploads. It is really silly how much time normal life takes!!!


A

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: kendall
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 11:48 AM

Work is the curse of the drinking class.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: beardedbruce
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 11:48 AM

Amos,

You just need to get your priorities right.


"When you are short on time, eat dessert first."

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 06:27 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip # 20--Sunday Concert-Lucy, Ron and Dave -- "Goodbye, Pete"

This is a plaintive hobo song beautifully done by Lucy and David with great fiddle support from Ron.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 06:49 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009-Clip#21--Claire Bear sings "Row and Row with Your Spirit Bending"

This is an sweet and eerie song of spiritual transition across the River Styx.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 07:09 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip # 21--Keith sings "Peach Picking Time in Georgia"--A rollicking tune written by Jimmy Rodgers, in My Rough and Rowdy Days and also covered by Hank Snow, Merle Haggard and Chance and Suzette Shiver. Handsomely done by FSGW regular Keith, a wicked picker in his own right.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 07:25 PM

Whoops! Keith's "Peach Picking Time" should have been #22, FWIW.

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip# 23--Sunday Concert-Pete the Spy--"Roland the Thompson Gunner ".

A wild song of international mercantile misconduct sung by "Pete the Spy" of the FSGW.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Janie
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 07:41 PM

Amos, I echo what others have already said about these video clips. I don't think any of our word posts have ever been able to convey what the Getaway is in the way these videos do.

It took you time to record them, and it is taking even more time to upload them. My thanks for your labor of love.

Janie

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 07:56 PM

FSGW Getaway 2009 Clip # 24--- Sunday Concert--The Five Minute Workshop "'Til The Walls Come Down"

One of the great surprises of the weekend -- a sheer wall of feminine intent and beauty in song. Apologies for the loud humming along. It was irresistible.

Subject: RE: Getaway 2009 - other stuff than programming
From: Amos
Date: 12 Oct 09 - 08:37 PM

Thanks, Janie--you got that right. Labor of love.

FSGW Getaway 2009 -- Clip # 25--Sunday night concert: Gordon Bok and Carol Rohl perform "These Are the Best of Autumn", a beautiful song with Gordon's inimitable playing making it more so.